Ross Flek

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Dr. Ross Flek received his B.S. in Mathematics from Hunter College of CUNY and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the CUNY Graduate Center. While completing his doctoral work he served as an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College and a math learning center supervisor. He received his Ph.D. in 2009, and had served as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Hostos Community College (CUNY) prior to joining the Interdisciplinary Science Department at the Lang College of the New School University. Over a span of almost two decades he has had the opportunity to experiment with different pedagogical approaches and styles. He briefly summarizes his teaching philosophy below:

“I strongly believe in active student participation during course lectures. It keeps the students engaged and provides me with immediate feedback about their understanding of the topic at hand. Whenever possible I try to incorporate my research interests into the courses I am teaching, which is possible for courses ranging from Basic Mathematics to Calculus and Differential Equations. I do assign homework problems which students are expected to hand in. From experience, I have observed that even short hand-in assignments are quite beneficial for students‘ overall understanding of the material. In addition, these assignments serve as a good measure of students‘ grasp of the necessary concepts…

… Having taught a wide range of math and statistics courses, I believe that students and their work should be treated with the same amount of attention and respect independent of the level of the course.”